The United States of America was born. Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, who had covertly aided the American Revolution, had long recovered his civil rights. And in the France of the 1780s, the theater had become not only a center of major entertainment but also a political weapon, reaching all classes of Frenchmen. In addition to […]
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As monarchs go, Louis XVI of France wasn’t such a bad guy. He was a devout Christian who wanted to better his subjects’ lives by abolishing torture and involuntary servitude, granting “liberty of conscience” to Protestants, improving conditions in prisons and hospitals, and arguing against warrants that allowed for imprisonment without trial, among other reforms.
Another much needed, incredible book by Dr. Miguel A. Faria—Contrasting Ideals and Ends in the American and French Revolutions (December 2024)—has been published. I not only enjoy reading Dr. Faria’s books for pleasure, but I always learn a great deal.[1-6] His latest book is no exception. I have always told people that to understand our
Published at the end of 2024 by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in Great Britain, this book contrasts two revolutions. They each took place at about the same time in history, i.e., the American Revolution started in 1765 while the French Revolution began in 1789. However, the differences in rationale and causes of the two rebellions could
Contrasting Ideals and Ends in the American and French Revolutions (December 2024) describes and contrasts salient episodes in the American and French Revolutions, revolutions that deeply affected the history of the world and whose impacts reverberate to the present age. Even though some politicians and historians in America and Europe have likened the American and
A book review of Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (2010) Excellent biographies of the Founding Fathers have been published in the last several decades. With these books, the nation seems to yearn for moral and political guidance from America’s founders — i.e., through their words, lives, and actions, as recounted in the pages of
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